Holectypus

Holectypus, genus of extinct echinoids, animals much like the modern sea urchins and sand dollars, found as fossils exclusively in marine rocks of Jurassic to Cretaceous age (between 200 million and 65.5 million years ago). Holectypus was bun shaped with a flat bottom and arched back.

This article was most recently revised and updated by John P. Rafferty.